Antenna system for a wrist communication device

• US 6,850,773 B1
• Filed: 05/26/2000
• Issued: 02/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Firooz Benjamin Ghassabian
• Original Assignee: Classicom, LLC
• Inventors: Ghassabian, Firooz
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH, SHEILA B
• Application Number:
  US09/580,237
• Time in Patent Office: 1,712 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550, 455/90, 455/349, 455/344, 455/575.1, 379/433, 379/430, 379/433.1, 368/10, D14/137, D14/138, D14/144, D14/192, D14/230
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/04 using radio waves radio-controlled time-pieces G04R
• CPC Class Codes: G04R 60/04 Antennas attached to or integrated in watch bracelets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0221 Arrangements for reducing keyboard size for transport or storage, e.g. foldable keyboards, keyboards with collapsible keys G06F3/0216 takes precedence; for keyboards integrated in a laptop computer G06F1/1666
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/084 Pivotable antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/10 Telescopic elements
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/244 extendable from a housing along a given path
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/273 Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/24 Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets

Abstract

A wrist-mounted communication device comprising a cellular phone mechanism configured to transmit and receive communication signals. The device includes an antenna system so as to transmit and receive signals. The antenna system further comprisesat least one antenna extendable away from the horizontal plane of the communication device.

Claims

1. A wrist-mounted communication device comprising a main body and a detachable multi-sectioned handset coupled to said main body, said handset comprising at least two sections wherein said multi-sectioned handset is configured to move between a closed position and an open position, wherein in open position said sections of said multi-sectioned handset expand to provide an extended handset and wherein said handset comprises a wireless connection with said wrist-mounted communication device.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said handset is wired to said wrist-mounted communication device.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said handset comprises a speaker.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said handset comprises a microphone.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device comprises a microphone.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device further comprises a display unit.

7. The device according to claim 4 or 6, wherein said watch unit and said display unit are in opposite relationship on a user'"'"'s wrist.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device further comprises a keypad unit.

9. The device according to claim 4 or 8, wherein said watch unit and said keypad unit are in opposite relationship on a user'"'"'s wrist.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein said keypad unit is a multi-sectioned keypad unit comprising at least two sections.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein the keys of said keypad unit are distributed on at least two of said keypad sections.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the keys of said keypad are distributed on at least two of said sections of said keypad so as said keys are spaced sufficiently far apart on said enlarged surface so as to minimize the likelihood of a user'"'"'s finger inadvertently pressing buttons which said user does not intend to press.

13. The device according to claim 1, wherein said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device further comprises an antenna unit.

14. The device according to claim 6, or, 8, or 13, wherein while attached to said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device, said handset covers at least part of at least one of said units.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein said antenna comprises a biasing mechanism wherein;

said antenna is held in horizontal plane position of said wrist-mounted communication device when said device is not in use by a user; and

said biasing mechanism releases said antenna in a desired position relative to said horizontal plane when said wrist communication device is in use by said user.

16. The device according to claim 1, wherein said handset comprises a keypad unit.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein said keypad is extended on at least two sections of said extended handset and the keys of said extended keypad are distributed on the surfaces of at least two sections of said extended handset so as said keys are spaced sufficiently far apart so as to minimize the likelihood of a user'"'"'s finger inadvertently pressing buttons which said user does not intend to press.

18. The device according to claim 1, wherein said multi-sectioned handset comprises at least one display unit.

19. The device according to claim 1, wherein said handset sections are extendable by unfolding said handset via a hinge.

20. The device according to claim 1, wherein handset sections are configured to extend telescopically, such that said sections are extendable by sliding said sections relative to each other.

21. The device according to claim 1, wherein said handset further comprises a telescopically extendable antenna.

22. The device according to claim 1, wherein said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device further comprises a watch unit.

23. The device according to claim 22, wherein said watch unit and the location of attachment of said handset to said main body of said wrist-mounted communication device are in opposite relationship on a user'"'"'s wrist.

24. A wrist-mounted communication device comprising a main body and a detachable multi-sectioned handset coupled to said main body, said handset comprising at least two sections wherein said multi-sectioned handset is configured to move between a closed position and an open position, wherein in open position said sections of said multi-sectioned handset expand to provide an extended handset and wherein said handset sections are configured to extend telescopically, such that said sections are extendable by sliding said sections relative to each other.

25. The device according to claim 24, wherein said handset is wired to said wrist-mounted communication device.

26. The device according to claim 24, wherein said handset further comprises a wireless connection with said wrist-mounted communication device.